Structural Violence at the Global Frontier

Structural Violence at the Global Frontier

When

October 04, 2012 - October 06, 2012    
All Day

Event Type

Structural Violence at the Global Frontier

October 4 – 5 – 6, 2012, New York
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
The Graduate Center
St Mary’s Church

A reflection about the impact of anti-immigration legislation and the dangers that surround in-transit migrants
We will finish with a March of Silence and Vigil to remember the missing migrants
The conference will be live streamed by Asuntos del Sur: http://asuntosdelsur.org/

Graphic Design by Neurografismos: ed@neurografismos.net


October 4th

John Jay College of Criminal Justice – 524 West 59th Street, New York, NY, 10019
6pm to 8pm – Room 9.64NB
Inauguration
México, Global Frontier and Humanitarian Catastrophe
Reverend Hoover, Founder and Director of Humane Borders and Project Rescátame! Tucson, Arizona
Father Prisciliano Peraza García, Director Centro de Atención al Migrante y Necesitado, Altar, México
Migrant Poetry by poet Tania Romero
Reception – Mexican Music*

October 5th

The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, 10016
11am to 1pm – Room 6304.01
The Right to Truth and Immigrant Justice
Mercedes Doretti, Co-Founder and Co- Director of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, Nueva York
María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, Director Latino Studies, Department of Cultural and Social Analysis, NYU
Mara Bard, SOA Watch
2pm to 4pm – Room 5414
Workshop: Migrant Art in Graffiti*
Eduardo Barrera Arambarri, Neurografismos, México
Viridiana del Rosario Sarmiento Reyes, Neurografismos, Mexico
4.30pm to 6.30pm – Room 6304.01
Vulnerabilities and Human Rights in the Mexican Border and Beyond
Jorge Bustamante, Colegio de la Frontera Norte/ Notre Dame University, Tijuana, México
René Zenteno, Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, México
Dan Martínez, University of Arizona
Commentators: Alexandra Délano, New School for Social Research y Robert Smith, Baruch/GC, CUNY
Moderator: Pablo Piccato, Universidad de Columbia
7.30pm to 10pm – Skylight Room 9100*
Poetry reading by Laura V. Sández
Documentary Film: “Entre Serpientes y Escaleras – Missing people” – Independent Production Company Tres Gatos
Keisdo Shimabukuro, Co-Director Tres Gatos, Mexico
Omar Iturbe Buenfil, Co-Director Tres Gatos, México

October 6th

St Mary´s Church – 521 West 126 Street (between Amsterdam and Old Broadway)
11:00am to 1:00pm
Humanitarian Assistance in Mexico and New York – Salvadorian Migrant Children
Father Prisciliano Peraza García, Director Centro de Atención al Migrante y Necesitado, Altar, México
Sandra Guillot, Power and Violence in the Grey Zone: in-transit Salvadorian migrant children, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México
Lucy Pagoada-Quesada, teacher and Delegate Frente Nacional de Resistencia Popular and Partido Libre, Honduras
Karla Quiñonez, Director Adelante Alliance, Nueva York
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Stop and Frisk, Secure Communities and the Private Detention Industry
Abraham Paulos, Director Families for Freedom, Nueva York
Ravi Ragbir, New Sanctuary Coalition, New York
4:30pm to 6:30pm*
Public Assembly and Final Memorandum
7:00pm to 9:00pm*
March of Silence and Vigil in memory of the migrants who have disappeared or died in-transit
9pm
Theatre Play: Women of Sand

*refreshments will be provided

Organized by:
Latino and Latin American Students Association, Graduate Center, CUNY and Popol Vuh Itinerante
Endorsed by:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The Center for Place, Culture and Politics, The Center For Humanities, Doctoral Student Council, Tres Gatos Productions, Neurografismos, Hoover Tour, #yosoy132 New York
Structural Violence at the Global Frontier
Date: October 04, 2012 - October 06, 2012
Time: All Day

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